ORANGE MARMALADE - the cast

(Roughly in order of appearance:)

MATSUURA YUU (1) - In the Kyousuke role, Yuu is slightly less aloof;
since the story often follows him, he seems even less distant.  He's
not as good at sports as the Marmalade Boy Yuu, either.  He retains
his interest in architecture, and he has Kyousuke's psychic abilities.

KOISHIKAWA MIKI (1) - In the Madoka role, Miki is less outwardly
emotional and more self-reliant.  She has a darker past than in MB,
but not nearly as bad as her reputation makes it out to be.  She
possesses Madoka's musical and martial skill.

MATSUURA ANJU (1) - In the Kurumi role, An is now Yuu's sister, the
youngest of a pair of twins.  As the "baby" of the family, she was
indulged to an extent, and her personality remains closer to that of
the young An in MB rather than her mature counterpart.  Also, this
Anju never became sick.  She has Kurumi's psychic abilities.

MATSUURA MEIKO (1) - In the Manami role, Meiko is now the older of
Yuu's twin sisters.  She was not Miki's childhood friend, she hasn't
had family troubles, and she hasn't had a past relationship with
Namura, but in personality, she is very similar to the MB Meiko.  (The
main difference is that her cheerful patience now applies to her
private life as well as her public one, although the divorce and
remarriage are weighing heavily on her.)  She also has Manami's
psychic abilities.

MATSUURA YOUJI and CHIYAKO (1) - Yuu's irresponsible parents.  Aside
from their psychic abilities, they are almost unchanged from the MB
Youji and Chiyako.

HIYAMI ARIMI (1) - In the Hikaru role, Arimi now attends the same
school as Yuu and Miki.  She is one year younger, and in the same
class as Meiko and An.  She is more physically capable than the MB
Arimi (presumably), but her personality is largely unchanged.  (She is
fused with the manga version of Hikaru, who was much more self-
sufficient than the anime version.)

NAMURA SHINICHI (1) - Yuu's teacher.  He hasn't had a relationship
with Meiko, but he is otherwise unchanged from the MB Namura.

MIWA SATOSHI (1) - Yuu's friend, and, now, classmate.  Other than the
change in age, he is identical to the MB Miwa.  He fills the Komatsu
role.

ROKUTANDA TSUTOMU (1) - Tsutomu now attends the same school as Yuu,
and is in the same class.  His personality is nearly identical to the
MB Rokutanda.  He fills the Hatta role, and also shares the Yusaku
role with Suou.

MOMOI RYOUKO (3) - Meiko and Anju's teacher.  She's essentially the
same as the MB Momoi.

KYOTO (3) - Another teacher at the school, but an adversarial figure.
Basically identical to the MB Kyoto.

SUOU GINTA (3) - Miki and Arimi's childhood friend.  In addition to
playing tennis, he now practices karate.  Otherwise, he is practically
unchanged from the MB Ginta.  He shares the Yusaku role with
Rokutanda.

KOISHIKAWA JIN and RUMI (4) - Miki's irresponsible parents, who also
happen to be famous musicians.  In the past, they were often away from
home thanks to their career; presumably they'll be around more often
in the future.  Their personalities are basically unchanged from the
MB Jin and Rumi.


Scott Schimmel                http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~schimmel/
Ex ignorantia ad sapientium;  "You really aren't normal, are you?"
ex luce ad tenebras.              -- Miki Koishikawa